BACKGROUND Nucleotide excision repair (NER) and base excision repair (BER) are the primary mechanisms for repair of bulky adducts caused by chemical agents, such as PAHs. It is expected that polymorphisms in NER or BER genes may modulate individual susceptibility to PAHs exposure. Here, we evaluate the effects of PAHs exposure and polymorphisms in NER and BER pathway, alone or combined, on poly...

AIM To investigate whether XRCC1 and ADPRT polymorphisms might be associated with outcomes of breast cancer. METHODS A prospective study was conducted with a total of 335 breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy consecutively collected from Jan. 2005 to Jan. 2008. Genotyping of XRCC1 and ADPRT polymorphisms was conducted by PCR-RFLP assay. RESULTS All 335 patients were followed up unt...

To evaluate the relationship between alcohol drinking, XRCC1 codon 194 and 399 polymorphisms and risk of colorectal cancer, we conducted a case-control study with 315 colorectal cancer cases (105 colon, 210 rectal) and 439 population-based controls in Jiangsu Province of China. The XRCC1 codon 194 and 399 genotypes were identified using polymerase chain reaction and restrictrion fragment length...

OBJECTIVES Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death in both male and female worldwide. The main cause of CAD is the atherosclerosis of coronary arteries, which is, mostly caused by genetic alteration. 50% of such cases occur in mitotic cells where single-strand breaks occur spontaneously or due to ionizing radiation. X-ray repair cross-complementing protein 1 (XRCC1) as a key...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the association between three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the X-ray repair cross complementing 1 gene (XRCC1) and the risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) in Chinese population. METHODS A case-control study including 381 primary ESCC patients recruited from hospital and 432 normal controls matched with patients by age and gender from Chines...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study is to investigate the association among the polymorphisms of XRCC1 gene, smoking, drinking, family history of tumors, and the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) in the population of Han nationality in Jiangsu Province, China. METHODS A case-control study of 320 patients with CRC and 350 cancer-free subjects as a control group was conducted. The three polymo...

PURPOSE Oxidative DNA damage has been shown to have some role in the development of primary open angle glaucoma (POAG). In this study, we aimed to determine the frequency of polymorphisms in two DNA repair enzyme genes, Xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group D (XPD) codon 751 and X-ray cross-complementing group 1 (XRCC1) codon 399, in a sample of Turkish patients with POAG, and to evaluate...

AIM Genetic polymorphism in XRCC1 and XRCC3 genes may influence DNA repair capacity and, in turn, confer predisposition to breast cancer. MATERIAL AND METHODS In the present work the distribution of genotypes and frequency of alleles of the Arg194Trp and Arg399Gln polymorphism of XRCC1 and Trp241 Met polymorphism in XRCC3 in breast cancer women were analysed. Blood samples were obtained from ...

INTRODUCTION The progression of hepatic disease in chronic viral hepatitis is accompanied by an increased production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), as well as an accumulation of oxidative DNA damage, which is primarily repaired through base excision repair. XRCC1 (X-ray repair cross complementing protein 1) is one of the most important proteins involved in this repair pathway. The present st...

Introduction: DNA repair enzymes continuously monitor to correct damaged nucleotide residues generated by exposure environmental mutagenic and cytotoxic compounds or carcinogens. Our objective was investigate the association among XRCC1 (Arg399Gln Arg194Trp), XRCC3 (Thr241Met), XPD-ERCC2 (Lys751Gln), APE1 (Asp241Glu), PARP-ADPRT (Val762Ala) gene polymorphisms lung cancer in Turkish population. ...